RPC IV.1, 7879 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7879 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP M AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Edition Imperator Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Imp(erator) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass (and paludamentum), right
Reverse inscription C L I CoR
Edition colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensium c(olonia) L(aus) I(ulia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design Helios standing in galloping quadriga, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.55 g
Axis 3, 6
Reference BCD Corinth 691
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 892, obverse legend tooled?, obverse with cuirass only
3 3     ✸ CGT coll. (ex CNG sale XXIX, 30 Mar. 1994, lot 941; Lanz sale 105, BCD coll., 26 Nov. 2001, lot 691; Naville 24, 17 July 2016, lot 239)